Hog-pen



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HUG PEN `Patented Oct. 13, 1891.

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l UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.,

VILEY B. VRIGHT, OF NELSON, NEBRASKA.

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SPECIFICATION forn'iingI part of Letters Patent No. 461,302, dated October 13, 1891. I

Application filed July 25, 1890. Serial No. 359,876.. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern,.-

Be it known that I, WILEY B. WRIeHigaJ citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Nelson, in the county of Nuckolls and State of Nebraska, have invented a new and useful Hog-Pen, of which the following is a specification.

This invention has relation to improvements in hog-pens; and the objects of theinvention are to provide a pen adapted to be cool in slimmer, warm in winter, and thus protect the hog from rain, sleet, dac., and to provide suitable compartments wherein hogs of different grades may be confined, which shall be self-cleaning to a certain extent, effect a saving in the feed, be'convenient in feeding the hogs, and altogether of a cheap and simple construction.

Various other objects of the invention will hereinafter appeal', and the novel features thereof will be particularly pointed out in the claims.

Referring` to the drawings, Figure 1 is an elevation of a pen constructed in accordance with my invention. Fig.A 2 is an opposite elevation or of the exit side. Fig. 3 is a transverse vertical section. Fig. 4 is a plan. Fig. 5 is a detail in transverse section.

Like numerals of reference indicate like parts in all the figures of the drawings.

In practicing my invention I employ four vertical main posts or uprights l, connecting the same by side beams 2 about at their centers. Joists 3 connect the side beams, and upon them is laid the fioor 4, thus dividing the pen into an upper feeding-compartment and a lower sleeping-compartment. At intervals I employ secondary vertical posts 5, and the main and secondary posts 1 and 5 have nailed thereto strips 6, preferably set about six inches apart, so that a free circulation of air in warm weather may be had. By locating these strips at a uniform distance apart, I may, in winter, slide between each pair of strips filling-planks, so that. a solid imperforate Wall is produced, calculated to keep the pen at a proper temperature and Vprevent the entrance of hail, rain, and snow.

The first strip above the floor et is located a slight distance above the Hoor, so as to provide a narrow Waste-slot. The floor is given a slight incline, so that all waste water from 'extending at each side of the feeder.

the troughs will be readily shed, and thus to a certain extent the pen is self-cleaning.

S designates in this instance a pair of longitudinally-disposed self-feeders or hoppers; or, if desired, there may beaseries of the same and divided into separate compartments by divisional'partitions 9 or not, as may be desired, and in accordance with the character of the food deemed best. hopper or feeder there extends a trough l0 of sufficient depth and form in cross-section r,filild e upper edges of the troughs are crossed by feedstrips 11, so that a hog is prevented from getting his feet into the trough Land from rooting, the strips being of a sufficient width to merely permit him to insert his snout. By the arrangement of these troughs and feeders it will be seen that the upper compartment is divided in the present instance into three feed rooms or compartments' 12which may be employed to divide the hogs into different grades for the purpose of feeding them with different kinds of food. The troughs and the feeders are not as long as is the pen, and consequently a space is left at the end of each trough. These spaces are filled by sliding doors 13, moving in guides 14:, so that the compartments 12 may have open communication and the hogs pass at will from one compartment to the other, or the doors may be used as cut-offs in separating the hogs.

From one side of each of the feeders extend inclined supporting-bars 15, which, in connection with the adjacent wall of the feeders, form supports for board walks 16, which extend along the upper side of each of the feeders 8. Two ends of the boards 16 are connected byra board walk 17, which leads to and extends beyond the wall of the pen. A step 18 leads to the end of this walk and from the ground, and in this nianneraperson may cli-mb to the walk and thus inspect all of the feeders and fill the same without coming in contact with the hogs or having to enter'the Below each IOO cally-sliding doors 20, through which the hogs may pass into Wagons when transporting the same. The doors being sliding permit of an easy cutting off of the supply of hogs, and do not offer obstructions to backing the Wagon close up to the opening, and thus avoids the necessity of employing a hog-chute.

When unshelled corn is fed to the hogs, thew same may be dropped upon the oor, but` smaller feed may be dropped into the several compartments of each feeder. Vhere line food is fed, I' prefer to employ oblong frames 2l, as shown in Fig. 5. These frames are divided by transverse strips 22, and are adapted to snugly fit in the lower ends of the hoppers or feeders. The strips 22 valternate with the strips1l,so that theopenings through which the food may pass are reduced, and thus they actin tnesame manner as do the strips ll upon larger food, in that they prevent any more food passing into the troughs than is consumed.

The lower compartment of the pen is provided with a hinged door 23, and maybe provided With any number of doors or openings for permitting the entrance and exit of the hogs at will. I support the joists 3 at intervals by depending posts 24, which extend to the ground, said posts serving as a means for preventing 'the hogs piling upon each other when sleeping orlyingdovvn. The posts serve to divide theground space into small spaces,

about large enough t'o accommodate any ordinary-sized hog, and other hogs seeing the Space occupied will pass on to an adjacent space.

I-Iaving thus described my invention, what I claim isl. In a pen, the combination, With a trough,

a series of transverse strips extending there-` compartment and a lower sleeping-compart ment, feed-troughs mounted in `said upper compartments, Walks supported above and around the same, and a series of studs depending from the roof into the sleeping-compartment, substantially as specified.

In testimony that I claimthe foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

WILEY B. WRIGHT,

Witnesses:

JACOB RITTERBUSH, C. L. GRANT. 

